| Josef Albers
German 1888 -1976
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| Born: |
Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany
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| Studied: |
Royal Art School, Berlin, Germany
School of Applied Art, Essen, Germany
Academy of Art, Munich, Germany
The Bauhaus, Germany 1920-1923
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| Examples of Work: |
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
Detroit Institute of Arts
Kunst Museum, Basel, Switzerland
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museu de Arte Moderna, Brazil
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Stedelijk Museum, The Netherlands
Kunstmuseum, Zurich, Switzerland
Museum of Folkwang, Essen, Germany
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| Specialty: |
Painter
Lithographer
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| Style/School: |
Modernism
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| Subjects Known For: |
Color
Geometric forms
Abstractions
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| Memberships: |
American Abstract Artists
National Institute of Arts and Letters
American Institute of Graphic Artists
Print Council of America
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| Teaching Positions: |
Black Mountain College, North Carolina
The Bauhaus, Germany 1923
Yale University 1950-1958
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